
Roche ditches final PhIII for cancer hopeful, reports setback for key drug in $1.4B buyout
Over the past few years, Roche has released news about its AKT inhibitor ipatasertib in drips — most of them negative. The drug yielded mixed data in a key prostate cancer trial, Phase III flops in triple-negative breast cancer forced the pharma giant to pull the plug there, and in mid-2022 Roche trimmed two more early-stage indications in prostate cancer after completing the trials.
Now, the last piece of the program is gone.
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